The Practice

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 4, 1997
Season #: 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
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Critic Reviews

  1. Newark Star-Ledger
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Jul 23, 2013
    60
    In the early episodes, the cases are knotty and compelling... and Kelley comes up with some intriguing legal strategies ... But as the weeks go by, those wacky subplots start cropping up again. [4 Mar 1997]
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  2. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    Jul 23, 2013
    60
    Too earnest, talky and hackneyed. [4 Mar 1997]
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  3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
    Reviewed by: Gail Pennington
    Jul 23, 2013
    50
    So mainstream, it makes "L.A. Law" look like experimental theater. It's not bad, just very familiar. [4 Mar 1997]
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  5. Denver Post
    Reviewed by: Joanne Ostrow
    Jul 23, 2013
    50
    Problematic. ... The captivating McDermott as a defense attorney needs tougher characters to bump up against if he is to struggle meaningfully with his inner self. [2 Mar 1997]
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  6. Kansas City Star
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    Jul 23, 2013
    50
    Every minute of "The Practice" is imbued with urgency, but it is a contrived, almost comical urgency. [2 Mar 1997]
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